7.3/7.4 Test Flashcards
The movement of materials across the cell membrane without using cellular energy.
Passive Transport
The process by which molecules of a substance move from areas of high to lower concentration.
Diffusion
Molecules that cannot directly diffuse across the membrane pass through special protein channels (carrier molecules).
Facilitated DIffusion
The diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
Osmosis
Water channel proteins that allow water to flow through the membrane.
Aquaporin
The concentration of solute molecules is the same inside and outside the cell.
Isotonic Solution
The solution has a higher solute concentration than solute concentration inside the cell.
Hypertonic Solution
The solution has a lower solute concentration than the cell.
Hypotonic Solution
The movement of molecules against a concentration difference from an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration. REQUIRES ENERGY!
Active Transport
A vesicle forms that large molecules, clumps of food or complete cells can be surrounded by and then forms a vacuole to pull the item into the cell. (Bulk Transport)
Endocytosis
The forcing out of substances from the cell membrane using vacuoles and vesicles.
Exocytosis
Large solids are taken into the cell.
Phagocytosis
Large liquids are taken in the cell.
Pinocytosis
An organism must maintain a relatively constant internal physical and chemical condition.
Homeostasis
Group of similar cells that perform a similar function
Tissue